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UNITED STATES PATENT onFIoE.

. HENRY FRANKLIN BROWNE, OF SWAMPSCOTT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO NAIL-LESS CUSHION HEEL-SEAT UOMPANY. OF LYNN, -MASSAGHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS LAST.

Be it known that I, HENRY FRANKLIN BROWNE, of Swampscott, in the county of a shoe having a cushion-pocket in the heel ortion, the bottom of said pocket being 1 ower than the highest ortion of the shank jtif the sole,bso that a ru ber cushion can be supported y the bottom of thepocket with its upper surface substantially flush with the highestportion of the shank, the portion of the innersole between the highest portion of the shnnkand the bottom of said pocket forming the forward end or wall of the pocket and preventing forward displacement of the cushion.

The invention has for itsv object, first,'to provide 'a last ada ted for use in forming a shoe having the a ove-mentioned cushionpocket, and, secondly, to provide a last adapted for use in connection with an innersole, the heel portion of which has two parts or layersviz., a bottom layer, which is adapted to form the bottom and forward end of said pocket, and a top layer, adapted to cover the cushion inserted in said poo et, the said top layer being interposed in the completed shoe between the CUSlllOIl and the heel of the wearers foot.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side View of a last embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a sectional view of the heel portion of the bottom of a shoe constructed y the aid of my improved last. t

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawin s, 2 represents a last the bottom surface .0 which is offset at the heel portion to form faces 3 and 4. The face 4 is inclined upwardly from the face 3 toward the shank-forming portion of the last, the two faces being adapted to form on an innersole 5 the bottom 6 and front wall 7 of a pocket which is adapted to hold an elastic rubber cushion 8, the under side of said cushion rest- Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed November 29, 1905. Serial No. 289,552.

Patented Nov. 131 9'06 ing'on the pocket-bottom 0, while the front end of the cushion rests on the front wall 7 of the pocket and is prevented by frommoving forward. The hee portion of er, which includes the pocket-bottom hand the cushion 8 and covers the latter, the top layer 9 being interposed between the cushion and the heel of the wearer's foot.

To enable the top layer 9 to be formed as an integral part of the innersole or to be attached thereto prior to the incorporation of the innersole in the shoe, I provide the last with means for holding the top layer Q-above the bottom face 3 of the heel portion of the shoe during all stages of the shoemalring operation which require the presence of the last in the shoe. The said means preferably inelude an ening 10, extending transversely across the ottom of theshank ortion of the last, said opening permitting tlie to layer 9 to be deflected upwardly into a pee et 12 in the body of the last, as shown in Fig. 1, and held out of contact with the bottom layer a point which requires the removal of the last. The shoe after the removal of the last s of the heel peri t oe formed by splii- 1 1 tion, the said layers boparts of the innersole, or the top made in a separate piece cemented, stitched, or otherwise attached to the innersole before the latter is incorporated into the shoe.

The last is preferably provided with metal bottom pieces 1% and 15, one covering the fore part and the other the heel part of the bottom of the last.

In Fig. 2, 16 represents the outer sole, which may be attached in ariy suitable way. i I claim I 1. A last having means for holding a trans verse portion of an'innersole above the bottom face of a portion of the last.

front wall 7, and with a top layer 9, which in the completed shoe rests on the top surface of until the construction of the shoe has reachedr said wall the innersole is provided with a'bottom lay- 2' 2. Alastha'ving means for holding the heel I 5-. .A last having the bottom face of its heel oortion of an innersole above the bottom E gortion offset to form on an innersole the face of the heel portion of the last. l ottom and forward end wall of aheel-reoeivx 5 3. A last having a transverse 0 ening in its 1 ing pocket, and provided above said bottom 5 bottom face extending from si( e to side of Q face with means for holding a ortion of the the last for the reception of a portion of an innersole abovethe said offset ottom face. innersole. In testimony whereof I have affixed my 4. A last having in its body portion a i signature in presence of two Witnesses. I pocket located above the bottom face of the HENRY FRANKLIN BROWNE.

10 last, said pocket havingia mouth extending Witnesses:

across the'bottom face of the last, between l T. C. BOWEN, the heel and toe portions. GEORGE F. BROWN. 

